Do viruses exist on Linux ?

[-=Brian Truter=-]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com 
> [mailto:fedora-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Rui Miguel Seabra
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 12:33 PM
> To: fedora-list at redhat.com
> Subject: RE: Do viruses exist on Linux ?
> 
> ooo be afraid... be very afraid...
> 
> Anti-Virus producer warns about viruses in GNU/Linux and that 
> you should run and buy their product.
> 
> Not a word about the history of those "viruses" do they?
> I think the count is still in the dozens (3? 4?) and most of 
> them never got out of labs.
> Most of them are really trojan horses or worms, and not 
> viruses, and most if not all had a very short life until the 
> software bug they relied on to run was covered.
> 
> Compare that to how many millions?
> 
> Rui
> 



I don't really think that debate is part of the author of the origional
post's question. He simply asked if there were Linux virii, and was there
Linux Anti-Virus software.

The answer to both is undeniably "yes", as referenced in the rest of the
thread posts